Area beaches might be crowded with summer tourists and local stores might be filled with visiting shoppers, but behind the doors of the Main Street Enchanted Tea Room is a cool oasis of Victorian calm.

“You come in here to escape your crazy schedule,” said owner Sherry Gamble, “to escape the touristy stuff. We want it to be a place to get away.”

Gamble is in her fifth year of serving tea to customers at the Main Street Enchanted Tea and Lunch Room, formerly Tea by the Sea. After spending decades working as a nurse and later as the owner of an antiques shop in Boston, Gamble, who’d always enjoyed entertaining at her home, thought running a tea room would suit her.

“I feel like the hostess at a home,” she said. “I want everyone to enjoy the food and have a good time.”

Gamble says she strives to serve high quality food and drinks at the tea room, but is quick to point out it’s not your typical restaurant. Customers, who should make a reservation, can choose from a lunch special or a handful of tea services. For $7.50, a person can enjoy two scones with sweet clotted cream and a pot of tea. For those who want a more traditional tea service — complete with three-tiered tray — there is the $21.95 “High Afternoon Tea.” With that each person receives four tea sandwiches, three assorted sweets, a scone and a pot of tea.

“I’ve had good reviews,” said Gamble, who prepares the food herself. “People rate my food high.”

She says that as long as she knows in advance, she is able to cater to the needs of those with vegetarian or gluten-free diets.

“I can make a really nice gluten-free salad,” she said, adding that she also often made gluten free scones.

Because men are often “dragged in” with their wives, Gamble has even created a “Man Up” special — typically a barbecue sandwich and a soda — for them.

“They’re so afraid they’re going to eat a cucumber sandwich and still be hungry,” she said. “We try to make them happy.”

As they enjoy their tea, which comes in an array of varieties — even in the pomegranate-blueberry flavor Princess Kate favors — customers take in the eclectic prints adorning the tea room’s walls as quiet classical music plays in the background. Gamble is quick to point out a wall featuring old sepia photos of her family, as well as another wall filled with photos of famous women. The shop also contains a selection of tea pots, tea pot trivets and the like that Gamble has picked up at flea markets and antiques shops to sell in her tea room.

Gamble says that while it’s not for everyone, the Main Street Enchanted Tea Room provides a quiet, calm atmosphere for those looking to enjoy a cup of tea.

“You’re in another world,” she said. “It’s peaceful. There are a lot of restaurants to go in if you’re hungry. You come in here for the ambiance.”